Basin sports schedule Mar. 1-7
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The MLCA/CCS boys basketball team takes on Sound Christian in the 1B Boys State Basketball Tournament on Wednesday at 7:15 p.m.
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COLUMBIA BASIN – It’s the final week of the winter sports season here in the Basin, as five local boys and girls basketball teams chase their dreams of achieving a state title in their respective brackets.
Wednesday, Mar. 1
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball vs Adna - 2 p.m. in the Spokane Arena.
MLCA/CCS girls basketball vs Odessa - 9 a.m. in the Spokane Arena.
MLCA/CCS boys basketball vs Sound Christian - 7:15 p.m. in the Spokane Arena.
Othello girls basketball vs Lynden - 5:30 p.m. in the Yakima Valley SunDome.
Thursday, Mar. 2
Warden girls basketball vs TBD - quarterfinals game at 3:45 p.m. in the Spokane Arena.
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